Talk:Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos

Latest comment: 3 years ago by CapnZapp in topic November 2020

Removed pending citation

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The following entries were removed pending a citation of their connection to mythos. If you can explain how these elements are connected to the mythos — and can cite a mythos-related story or other published source that contains the element — then please do so and restore to article. Note: we already seem to be using a very broad canonization (probably too broad); hence, I recommend reining in some of the more dubious candidates. Also: please see Wikipedia:Verifiability for an explanation of why reliable sources are important.
-,-~R'lyehRising~-,- 03:58, 14 March 2006 (UTC)Reply

Other supernatural beings

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  • [[Kali (supernatural being)|Kali]] || ? || ? || {{fact}}
  • [[M'Bwa]] || ? || ? || '''TR'''
    I can't find any source that connects M'Bwa to the Cthulhu mythos.
  • [[Mappo no Ryujin]] || ''Coatlicue'',<br>''Mother of All Serpents'' || A gigantic, serpentine monstrosity covered in small white snakes || {{fact}}
    I found this one on a message board, but can find no verifiable source. Does it appear in a published role-playing game supplement?
  • [[Our Ladies of Sorrow]] || ? || ? || {{fact}}
  • The [[Prisoner of Vornai]] || ? || ? || {{fact}}
  • [[Shaurash-Ho]] || ? || ? || {{fact}}
  • [[Sthood]] || ? || ? || {{fact}}
  • The [[Thing Hanging in the Void]] || ? || ? || {{fact}}
  • The [[Vale Which is the Night]] || ? || ? || {{fact}}
  • [[Vibur]] || ? || A green, [[wikt:tendril|tendril]] covered orb. || {{fact}}
  • [[Y'khmaat]] || ''Queen of One Thousand Eyes'' || ? || {{fact}}
  • [[Zyhumé]] || ? || A gigantic, spectral elk. || {{fact}}

Non-human species

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  • Chatoka || ? || ?
  • [[Ny'ghaan-grii]] || ? || {{fact}}
  • [[Spawn of Ubbo-Sathla]] || Large, formless, black [[wikt:protean|protean]] beings. || {{fact}}
  • [[Terrors from Beyond]] || ? || {{fact}}
  • [[Tree Men of M'Bwa]] || ? || '''TR'''
    How is Donald Wandrei's "Treemen of M'Bwa" connected to the Cthulhu mythos?
  • [[Voor]] || Degenerate wormlike creatures; survivors of a now-fallen civilisation in Hyperborea. || {{fact}}
    Harms' Encyclopedia Cthulhiana lists this as a "[k]ingdom beyond the edge of the world where ... the light goes away when it is put out and the water leaves when the sun disappears." He attributes its origin to Arthur Machen's "The White People".

Fictional locations

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  • [[Naat (Cthulhu mythos)|Naat]]
    • Mappo no Ryujin is from the Call of Cthulhu campaign sourcebook "Secrets of Japan" by Michael Dziesinski. She's actually one of the primary entities dealt with in that book, and there is even a picture of her on the coverZigra (talk) 09:55, 7 August 2009 (UTC)ZigraReply

Bholes/Dholes

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Dholes equals Bholes by the general spelling variation rule of the mythos, (f.ex. Cthulhu = Tulu), the similar creatures description and the fact that no author that use "Dholes" also use "Bholes" and the other way around. Rursus dixit. (mbork3!) 22:38, 19 January 2010 (UTC)Reply

Hunters From Beyond

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I'm not sure how to add it to the chart, but the Hunters From Beyond are ghoul-like beings that resemble gargoyles. They are from the Clark Ashton Smith story "The Hunters From Beyond" (NB). --Artturnerjr (talk) 17:48, 25 May 2010 (UTC)Reply

Proposed merge of Great Race of Yith into Elements of the Cthulhu Mythos#Table-b (G–M)

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This article's two provided sources are the original novella and a guidebook that was printed to provide content for the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game. Lovecraft Annual only contains a few brief mentions of this fictional race. The vast majority of other potential sources discuss them from an in-universe perspective. The only exception is The Thing: A Phenomenology of Horror. However, one source is not enough to justify an article on this topic. ―Susmuffin Talk 01:38, 28 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

Agreed GenQuest "Talk to Me" 16:02, 2 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

November 2020

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There is a discussion over at Talk:Cthulhu Mythos which relates to this article. You are invited to go to Talk:Cthulhu Mythos#structure of articles and comment. Best Regards, CapnZapp (talk) 11:28, 27 November 2020 (UTC)Reply